Uttar Pradesh

bazaar

Chefs prepare Litti chokha at the Hunar Haat in Nehru Stadium. Litti, along with chokha, is a complete, albeit largely glutinous, meal originated from the Indian subcontinent; and popular in Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, parts of Easte…

school · village

School girls and boys walk to school, school bags on their backs, in a neat straight line, in rural north India's Uttar Pradesh state.

industry

This hunched up old woman is one spunky Indian! She still holds down a full time factory job in Uttar Pradesh, at the ripe old age of 103. Now that is determination, freedom of choice and independence...

school · politics

Uttar Pradesh government officials get together to decide on the school system and higher education in Uttar Pradesh, India.

highway · railway

Deep Dairy and traffic in Bijnor city, as mithai halwai churns milk and strains the malai through a cloth. UP Roadways buses and bhoosa gadis drive into Bijnor town of Uttar Pradesh, in the heart of the cow belt of north India.

railway · river

UP Roadways buses and bhoosa gadis drive into Bijnor town of Uttar Pradesh, in the heart of the cow belt of north India Ganga barrage, Garhmukteshwar and milk being boiled to make mithai or Indian sweets in Bijnor.

railway · river

Ganga barrage, Garhmukteshwar and milk being boiled to make mithai or Indian sweets in Bijnor.

railway · livestock

Bullock carts or bael garis rule here: Sherkot town in Uttar Pradesh is a rural neighbour of Bijnor, UP Bullock carts compete with cars for road space in north India's Sherkot-Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh state

railway · highway

Bullock carts or bael garis rule here: Sherkot town in Uttar Pradesh is a rural neighbour of Bijnor, UP

festival

North Indian heartland crowd dances at Holi festival in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, multiple arms in air Devotees playing holi with powder colours and throwing colour on people and children.

snow

Etawah Police Station during the days of the Chambal dacoit gangs, with a customary white Ambassador car for the Superintendent SP Police or Varisht Adhyaksh Etawah, in Uttar Pradesh.

aerial

Colour is all around as gulaal or holi powder is thrown in the air as festivities rage during Holi in north India's Vrindavan town, in this aerial view, as seen aerially, from the air.

aerial · village

Colourful Indian city Vrindavan aerial view of Uttar Pradesh, with greens and whites against a rural backdrop. A country fair with a ferris wheel sits next to a pond or wetland, in this aerial view, as seen aerially, from the air.

Radha Kund is one of the most revered places in the whole Braj region or Brijbhoomi, located at the foot of Govardhan Parvat. As the name suggests it is dedicated to Goddess Radharani or Radha, eternal consort of Lord Krishna.

dance · architecture

Dancing with abandon and with not a care in the world! Hindu devotees dance with devotion on a building top near Sri Radha Raman Mandir in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh

Men jump up and down, holi colour powder rents the air, and women beat men with staffs and sticks as people play Chaddi holi with Gopis at Gokul in the Vrindavan belt of Uttar Pradesh.

aerial · wildlife

Riot of colour in India: Lathmar Holi at Nandgaon village in aerial view of Mandir Mathura Vrindavan Holi 19th March 2024, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view. Nandgaon Holi on 19th March 2024.

aerial · temple

Riot of colour in India: Lathmar Holi at Nandgaon village in aerial view of Mandir Mathura Vrindavan Holi 19th March 2024 Nandgaon Holi on 19th March 2024.

aerial · village

Riot of colour in India: Lathmar Holi at Nandgaon village in aerial view of Mandir Mathura Vrindavan Holi 26th March 2024 A stunning aerial view of the Radha Mandir in Barsana, in this aerial view of the Mathura - Vrindavan Holi central bel…

aerial · temple

Barsana hill-top temple aerial view from Mathura Vrindavan Holi on 26th March A stunning aerial view of the Radha Mandir in Barsana, in this aerial view of the Mathura - Vrindavan Holi central belt as on 26th March 2024, as seen aerially, f…

Ajay Devgan on Omkara: "The Omkara character is that of Othello. He is a sardar boss from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, and is an aggressive worried character. He falls in love. I have not read Othello. I have read the synopsis.

aerial

A sweeping aerial view of the town of Darul Uloom beyond Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, with its Islamic spires around mosques and the circular building of the seminary.

festival

A monastery on wheels? The tableau of Sikkim state during the 72nd Republic Day of India. The tableau features the Pang Lhabsol festival which celebrates the deity of the Kanchenjunga.